Allen Craig

Allen Thomas Craig

Positions: Outfielder, First Baseman and Second Baseman
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 2", Weight: 210 lb.

Born: July 18, 1984 in Mission Viejo, CA
High School: Chaparral HS (Temecula, CA)
School: University of California, Berkeley (Berkeley, CA)
Drafted by the St. Louis Cardinals in the 8th round of the 2006 amateur draft.
Signed June 13, 2006. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 8, 2010
Team: Cardinals 2010-2012
2012 Contract Status: Pre-Arb Eligible, 1 yr/$495k (12) (details) [*]
Service Time (01/2012): 1.077, Arb Eligible: 2014, Free Agent: 2017 [*],
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Standard Batting

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB	Pos	Awards
2006	21	STL-min	A-	48	201	175	21	45	13	0	4	29	0	0	13	28	.257	.325	.400	.725		70	1	7	1	5	0		SCS · NYPL
2007	22	STL-min	A+,AA	119	493	447	82	139	27	2	24	80	8	3	36	85	.311	.367	.541	.909		242	11	6	0	4	4		PLM,SPD · FLOR,TL
2008	23	STL-min	AA	129	568	506	84	154	30	0	22	85	2	1	48	87	.304	.373	.494	.867		250	16	10	0	4	1		SPD · TL
2009	24	STL-min	AAA	126	521	472	78	152	26	1	26	83	3	0	37	95	.322	.374	.547	.921		258	12	6	0	6	1		MEM · PCL
2010	25	STL-min	AAA	83	350	306	57	98	24	2	14	81	1	0	34	59	.320	.389	.549	.938		168	6	4	0	6	0		MEM · PCL
2010	25	STL	NL	44	124	114	12	28	7	0	4	18	0	1	9	26	.246	.298	.412	.711	92	47	1	0	0	1	1	9/3754
2011	26	STL-min	AAA,AA	12	47	41	9	10	2	1	1	6	0	0	4	4	.244	.319	.415	.734		17	1	1	0	1	0		MEM,SPD · PCL,TL
2011	26	STL	NL	75	219	200	33	63	15	0	11	40	5	0	15	40	.315	.362	.555	.917	150	111	7	1	1	2	0	79/4835
2012	27	STL-min	AAA,A+	7	29	28	4	10	0	0	3	8	0	0	1	4	.357	.379	.679	1.058		19	0	0	0	0	0		MEM,PLM · PCL,FLOR
2012	27	STL	NL	13	59	51	7	19	5	0	5	19	1	0	6	13	.373	.424	.765	1.188	219	39	4	0	0	2	1	/397
3 Yrs				132	402	365	52	110	27	0	20	77	6	1	30	79	.301	.352	.540	.891	141	197	12	1	1	5	2
162 Game Avg.				162	493	448	64	135	33	0	25	95	7	1	37	97	.301	.352	.540	.891	141	242	15	1	1	6	2

Player Value--Batters

WAR Explained (v2.1): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	PA	Rbat	Rbaser	Rdp	Rfield	Rpos	RAA	WAA	Rrep	RAR	WAR	waaWL%	162WL%	oWAR	dWAR	oRAR	Salary	Pos
2010	25	STL	NL	44	124	-1	-1	1	1	-2	-3	-0.3	3	1	0.1	.494	.498	0.0	-0.1	-0	$400,000	9/3754
2011	26	STL	NL	75	219	13	2	0	2	-2	15	1.6	6	21	2.2	.521	.510	2.0	0.0	19	$414,000	79/4835
2012	27	STL	NL	13	59	8	0	-1	-3	-1	4	0.4	2	6	0.6	.530	.502	0.9	-0.4	9	$	/397
3 Seasons				132	402	20	1	-0	0	-4	16	1.8	11	27	2.9	.513	.504	2.9	-0.4	27	$814,000

Advanced Batting

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Outs	RC	RC/G	AIR	BAbip	BA	lgBA	OBP	lgOBP	SLG	lgSLG	OPS	lgOPS	OPS+	OWn%	BtRuns	BtWins	TotA	SecA	ISO	PwrSpd
2010	25	STL	NL	124	89	14	4.2	100	.282	.246	.258	.298	.328	.412	.407	.711	.735	92	.460	-1.4	-0.1	.625	.237	.167	.0
2011	26	STL	NL	219	147	39	7.1	97	.344	.315	.258	.362	.325	.555	.402	.917	.727	150	.705	13.4	1.3	.917	.340	.240	6.9
2012	27	STL	NL	59	38	15	10.6	99	.400	.373	.257	.424	.325	.765	.406	1.188	.731	219	.826	8.7	0.8	1.278	.529	.392	1.7
3 Yrs				402	274	68	6.7	98	.332	.301	.258	.352	.326	.540	.404	.891	.730	141	.673	20.7	2.0	.869	.334	.238	9.2
162 Game Avg.				493	336	83	6.7	98	.332	.301	.258	.352	.326	.540	.404	.891	.730	141	.673	25	2	.869	.334	.238	11

Postseason Batting

Postseason Gamelog

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	Series	Opp	Rslt	G	PA	AB	R	H	3B	HR	RBI	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	TB	GDP	HBP	SH
2011	26	STL	NL	NLDS	PHI	W	3	14	10	3	1	1	0	0	0	4	4	.100	.357	.300	.657	3	1	0	0
2011	26	STL	NL	NLCS	MIL	W	5	8	8	1	3	0	1	3	0	0	1	.375	.375	.750	1.125	6	0	0	0
2011	26	STL	NL	WS	TEX	W	7	25	19	5	5	0	3	5	2	4	8	.263	.417	.737	1.154	14	0	1	1
1 Yr (3 Series)							15	47	37	9	9	1	4	8	2	8	13	.243	.391	.622	1.013	23	1	1	1
1 NLDS							3	14	10	3	1	1	0	0	0	4	4	.100	.357	.300	.657	3	1	0	0
1 NLCS							5	8	8	1	3	0	1	3	0	0	1	.375	.375	.750	1.125	6	0	0	0
1 WS							7	25	19	5	5	0	3	5	2	4	8	.263	.417	.737	1.154	14	0	1	1

Ratio Batting*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	HR%	SO%	BB%	XBH%	X/H%	SO/BB	AB/SO	AB/HR	AB/RBI	GB/FB	GO/AO	IP%	LD%	HR/FB	IF/FB
2010	25	STL	NL	124	3.2%	21.0%	7.3%	8.9%	39%	2.89	4.4	28.5	6.3	0.62	0.91	69%	20%	7.5%	4%
2011	26	STL	NL	219	5.0%	18.3%	6.9%	11.9%	41%	2.67	5.0	18.2	5.0	0.91	1.08	69%	13%	14.5%	11%
2012	27	STL	NL	59	8.5%	22.0%	10.2%	17.0%	53%	2.17	3.9	10.2	2.7	0.67	1.67	59%	28%	21.7%	4%
3 Yrs				402	5.0%	19.7%	7.5%	11.7%	43%	2.63	4.6	18.3	4.7	0.77	1.08	67%	17%	13.2%	7%
MLB Averages					2.5%	18.7%	8.3%	7.5%	33%	2.25	4.8	35.9	8.3	0.81	1.09	69%	18%	7.4%	13%

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	BtRuns	BtWins	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	PHlev	AB
2010	25	STL	NL	-1.4	-0.1	127	0.0	2.3	-2.3	1.05	0.3	-0.3	3.8	0.4	0.99	2.5	1.20	7
2011	26	STL	NL	14.2	1.4	226	1.2	5.1	-3.9	1.12	1.1	0.0	16.8	1.7	1.07	12.3	1.41	22
2012	27	STL	NL	8.7	0.8	60	0.3	1.6	-1.3	1.23	0.9	-0.7	8.4	0.8	1.15	9.9		0
3 Yrs				21.5	2.1	413	1.5	9.1	-7.5	1.12	2.3	-0.9	29.0	2.9	1.06	24.7	1.36	29

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	ROE	RS%	SBO	SB	CS	SB%	SB2	CS2	OOB	BT	XBT%	1^stS	1^stS2	1^stS3	1^stD	1^stD3	1^stDH	2^ndS	2^ndS3	2^ndSH
2010	25	STL	NL	1	24%	47	0	1	0%	0	1	2	3	27%	6	6	0	0	0	0	5	2	3
2011	26	STL	NL	1	32%	85	5	0	100%	5	0	1	2	46%	13	8	5	4	3	1	5	1	4
2012	27	STL	NL	1	10%	27	1	0	100%	1	0	0	0	60%	3	1	2	1	0	1	1	1	0
3 Yrs				3	26%	159	6	1	86%	6	1	3	5	42%	22	15	7	5	3	2	11	4	7

Situational Hitting*

						Hits			Pinch Hitting					Home Runs								SH			GIDP			PrdOut			BaseRunners			Advances
Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Ptn%	H	Inf	Bnt	AB	H	HR	RBI	PHlev	All	GS	GSo	vRH	vLH	Hm	Rd	IP	Att	Suc	%	Opp	DP	%	Opp	Suc	%	BR	BRS	BRS%	<2,3B	Scr	%	0,2B	Adv	%	PAu
2010	25	STL	NL	124	44%	28	0	0	7	1	0	0	1.20	4	0	2	2	2	3	1	0	0	0		28	1	4%	8	6	75%	84	16	19%	6	6	100%	3	1	33%	0
2011	26	STL	NL	219	32%	63	5	0	22	7	1	3	1.41	11	0	7	6	5	3	8	0	1	1	100%	43	7	16%	18	8	44%	153	31	20%	15	10	67%	10	5	50%	0
2012	27	STL	NL	59	36%	19	2	0	0	0	0	0		5	0	5	3	2	2	3	0	0	0		13	4	31%	10	2	20%	51	15	29%	7	4	57%	3	0	0%	0
3 Yrs				402	36%	110	7	0	29	8	1	3	1.36	20	0	14	11	9	8	12	0	1	1	100%	84	12	14%	36	16	44%	288	62	22%	28	20	71%	16	6	38%	0
MLB Averages					54%																			69%			11%			32%			14%			51%			54%

Pitch Summary -- Batting*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Pit	Pit/PA	Str	Str%	L/Str	S/Str	F/Str	I/Str	AS/Str	I/Bll	AS/Pit	Con	1stS	30%	30c	30s	20%	20c	20s	31%	31c	31s	L/SO	PAu	Pitu	Stru
2010	25	STL	NL	125	499	3.99	319	64%	25%	17%	30%	28%	75%	2%	48%	77%	26%	3%	4	0	15%	19	8	6%	8	5	27%	-1	0	0
2011	26	STL	NL	220	857	3.90	550	64%	29%	13%	27%	30%	71%	0%	45%	81%	21%	6%	13	0	15%	34	11	8%	18	12	10%	-1	0	0
2012	27	STL	NL	60	231	3.85	141	61%	33%	18%	21%	28%	67%	2%	41%	73%	18%	3%	2	0	8%	5	1	3%	2	1	23%	-1	0	0
3 Yrs				405	1587	3.92	1010	64%	29%	15%	27%	29%	71%	1%	45%	79%	22%	5%	19	0	14%	58	20	7%	28	18	18%	-3	0	0
MLB Averages						3.82		63%	28%	15%	27%	30%	72%	2%	45%	79%	26%	5%			14%			9%			24%

Cumulative Batting

Year	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB
2010	25	44	124	114	12	28	7	4	18	0	1	9	26	.246	.298	.412	.711	92	47	1	0	0	1	1
2011	26	119	343	314	45	91	22	15	58	5	1	24	66	.290	.339	.503	.842	129	158	8	1	1	3	1
2012	27	132	402	365	52	110	27	20	77	6	1	30	79	.301	.352	.540	.891	141	197	12	1	1	5	2

Neutralized Batting

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All seasons are converted to 162-game seasons &
average team scoring of 716 total runs (4.42 R/G) How this works

Year	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	RC	Gact
2010	25	44	125	115	13	29	7	4	19	0	9	26	.252	.304	.417	.721	15	44
2011	26	75	224	204	36	67	16	12	44	5	16	40	.328	.377	.583	.960	44	75
2012	27	13	60	52	8	20	5	5	21	1	6	13	.385	.433	.769	1.203	19	13
3 Yrs		132	409	371	57	116	28	21	84	6	31	79	.313	.363	.558	.921	78	132
162 Game Avg.		162	502	455	70	142	34	26	103	7	38	97	.313	.363	.558	.921	96	132

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